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After a bumpy six years, $175,000 and plenty of blood, sweat and tears, Eric Bugbee is ready to take a victory lap as his BMX film "Heroes of Dirt" has its world premiere Oct. 25 at Allentown's Miller Symphony Hall. "We're really psyched," says Bugbee, 37, an Allentown native raised in Catasauqua. "To finally see the movie on the big screen in front of an audience of 1,200 people is very exciting … It's also great to finally be at the point where I can sit back and say, 'OK, we're done. We can finally enjoy this.'" The premiere will be a red carpet event and will be preceded by a day of events, including a community bike...

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After a bumpy six years, $175,000 and plenty of blood, sweat and tears, Eric Bugbee is ready to take a victory lap as his BMX film "Heroes of Dirt" has its world premiere Oct. 25 at Allentown's Miller Symphony Hall."We're really...

After a bumpy six years, $175,000 and plenty of blood, sweat and tears, Eric Bugbee is ready to take a victory lap as his BMX film "Heroes of Dirt" has its world premiere Saturday, Oct. 25, at Allentown's Miller Symphony Hall.
"We're...

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As he prepared to...

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Paramount Home Entertainment's Blu-ray and DVD release of Michael Bay's "Transformers: Age of Extinction," which earned over $1 billion at the box office, has generated more awareness around the bestselling Hasbro toy franchise. But...

"THE PURPOSE of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live." -- Ayn Rand
TWO PEOPLE I love a lot, the philanthropists Jeanne and Herb Siegel, tossed a grand party of literary bookish types at the Four...

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The MTV Movie Awards handed top prizes to "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" on Sunday night, naming the dystopian thriller best movie and handing honors for best male and female performances to Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence.
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